New capabilities include splitting, merging and exploring partitions; booting from CD/DVDs and second hard disk; enhanced server environment support
November 8, 2005, South San Francisco, CA
Acronis, Inc., the technological leader in storage management
software, unveiled Acronis
Disk Director Server, an advanced disk management application
to manage corporate servers. The company also unveiled its,
next-generation of the Acronis
Disk Director Suite 10.0 for desktop systems, which
provides users with enhanced partition management and multibooting
capabilities.
"Acronis Disk Director Server marks the
company's initial entry into server-based disk management," said
Walter Scott, CEO of Acronis. "Having an easy to use product to
create separate partitions for the operating system, applications
and user specific data significantly improves performance,
manageability and recoverability of data and systems. This makes
Acronis Disk Director the ideal companion tool for our
award-winning Acronis True Image for servers and workstations.
Using the combination of both products IT managers now can create a
backup image of the system partition and then regularly backup user
data on a file or partition level providing significant time and
storage space savings."
New features in Acronis Disk Director Server and
Acronis Disk Director Suite include wizards to explore and edit
data and the partition's structure, split partition, and merge
partitions. Enhanced features also include booting from a
second hard disk drive, booting from a CD or DVD, and enhanced
operating system detection that can locate deleted operating
systems.
"With Acronis Disk Director Suite 10.0,
users no longer have to choose between having a system configured
the way they want it or having a technician do the task," said
Stephen Lawton, Acronis director of marketing. "User-friendly
wizards and powerful step-by-step operations mean that any user can
repartition and manipulate monster hard disks or run multiple
operating systems even multiple versions of Windows.
"Acronis is dedicated to providing these tools
to ensure that every user, from novice to engineer, can take
advantage of these latest technological advances," he
continued.
Here's a breakdown on the new and enhanced features in the
product:
- Splitting/merging partitions
- Running a command-line interface (Server version only)
- Exploring partitions, including ability to manage folders and files
- Boot from second Hard Disk Drive
- Boot from CD or DVD in Acronis OS Selector boot menu (Workstation version only)
- OS Detection Wizard (Workstation version only)
Acronis Disk Director Server supports all
Windows Server operating systems: Windows NT / 2000 Server / 2000
Advanced Server / 2003 Server /. Acronis Disk Director Suite
supports desktop operating systems: Windows 95 / 98 / ME / NT 4.0
Workstation Service Pack 6 / 2000 Professional / XP.
List price for Acronis Disk Director Server
is $499. List price for Acronis Disk Director Suite 10.0
remains at $49.99. Both versions are currently shipping.
About Acronis:
Acronis is a leader in AI-native cyber protection, unifying data protection, cybersecurity, IT operations and hybrid infrastructure to deliver business continuity, security and compliance with less cost and complexity. More than 21,000 service providers trust Acronis to protect over 750,000 businesses in 150 countries. Acronis is headquartered in Schaffhausen, Switzerland. For more information, visit www.acronis.com.